Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mačę, from *maca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmat͡ʃɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ма‧че

Noun

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маче (mačen (plural мачиња, diminutive маченце)

  1. kitten
  2. honey, sweetie (playful term of endearment, mostly directed toward females)
  3. diminutive of мачка f (mačka)

Declension

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See also

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References

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  • маче” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • Koneski, Kiril (1999) “маче”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 215